 As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits— Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?  Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ... - Seite 95von Percy Society - 1841Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Marion Florence Lansing - 1907 - 200 Seiten
...night, Sleep tight, Wake up bright, In the morning light, To do what 's right, With all your might. [30 I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven...Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives? 1 HERE was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise; He jumped into a bramble... | |
 | Carl Wagener, Ernst Ludwig - 1899 - 688 Seiten
...Lösung in sich selbst zusammenfallen. Sie sind für Schottland nicht belegt, ein englisches lautet: „As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits: Kits and cats, sacks and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives?" (One, nämlich der Erzähler; die... | |
 | Lawton Bryan Evans - 1908 - 268 Seiten
...The men will have been acting. Exercise 1. — In these sentences name the verbs and their tenses: 1. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. 2. I am working hard all day. 3. The horse was running away. 4. I am not feeling well. 5. I shall be... | |
 | Georgia Alexander - 1909 - 170 Seiten
...and tended the sheep until his master found another boy. After that he served the prince many years. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, AUTUMN FIRES BY ROBERT Louis STEVENSON In the other gardens And all up the vale, From the autumn bonfires... | |
 | 1909 - 668 Seiten
...Halliwell in ' The Nursery Rhymes of England,' 2nd ed., 1843, p. 117, No. CLXXXVIL, pves the riddle of As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. '. shall be glad to know the earliest time •his riddle appeared in print. Is anything mown of its... | |
 | Eulalie Osgood Grover - 1911 - 106 Seiten
...diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle! A TALE OF ST. IVES Listen, O Queen! to my wonderful tale. ' As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives?' I have thought and counted, and counted arid thought, but I cannot tell how many... | |
 | 1915 - 488 Seiten
...fall; All the king's horses and all the king's men Cannot put Humpty Dumpty together again. (An egg.) As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...cat had seven kits — Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, Ho'v many were going to St. Ives? (One.) Two legs sat upon three legs, With one leg in his lap; In... | |
 | Logan Douglass Howell - 1912 - 136 Seiten
...Mistress) Mrs. Y ((spoken, mis sis) ASKING RIDDLES Mrs. Jones is Alice's mother. She is asking riddles : "As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks ; Each sack had seven cats ; Each cat had seven kits : Kits, cats, sacks,... | |
 | George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - 1912 - 154 Seiten
...St. Ives I met a group of seven \vives; Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack held seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives ? seven 7 SEVEN I see I see (Cica Read : 6 cats and 1 cat are 7 cats. 5 sacks and... | |
 | 1912 - 234 Seiten
...St. Ivés I met a man with seven wives; Each wife had seven sacks; Each sack had seven cats ; Each cat had seven kits; Kits, cats, sacks and wives, How many were going to St. Ivés? On hearing this some sagacious ones begin an elaborate scries of multiplications... | |
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